DOMINICAN REP. VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,421	1	14,986	- 9,564
Stroke	2	3,336	2	7,882	- 4,546
Kidney Disease	3	3,044	7	2,121	+ 924
Lung Disease	4	2,149	15	1,360	+ 789
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,958	4	2,762	- 804
Hypertension	6	1,773	10	1,894	- 121
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,716	6	2,254	- 538
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,681	11	1,808	- 127
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,532	3	6,937	- 5,405
Stomach Cancer	10	1,357	24	547	+ 809
Violence	11	1,305	9	1,917	- 612
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,275	20	851	+ 424
Other Injuries	13	1,172	19	890	+ 282
Prostate Cancer	14	920	12	1,655	- 734
Suicide	15	836	25	530	+ 306
Breast Cancer	16	789	14	1,460	- 671
Liver Cancer	17	784	21	664	+ 120
Liver Disease	18	759	5	2,680	- 1,921
Lymphomas	19	731	33	374	+ 356
Lung Cancers	20	705	16	1,244	- 538
Congenital Anomalies	21	648	17	1,038	- 391
Pancreas Cancer	22	603	27	456	+ 147
Other Neoplasms	23	545	58	35	+ 510
Leukemia	24	537	32	409	+ 129
HIV/AIDS	25	394	8	1,931	- 1,537
Inflammatory/Heart	26	393	35	312	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	27	377	22	602	- 226
Low Birth Weight	28	365	13	1,532	- 1,167
Cervical Cancer	29	326	23	560	- 234
Parkinson's Disease	30	284	28	446	- 163
Skin Cancers	31	281	41	172	+ 109
Skin Disease	32	259	53	50	+ 209
Alcohol	33	259	48	120	+ 139
Epilepsy	34	239	42	158	+ 80
Falls	35	238	30	435	- 197
Bladder Cancer	36	205	49	92	+ 112
Drownings	37	199	37	248	- 49
Oral Cancer	38	197	31	434	- 237
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	179	26	504	- 325
Ovary Cancer	40	165	50	89	+ 76
Uterin Cancer	41	165	57	43	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	151	36	295	- 144
Drug Use	43	130	43	156	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	44	125	40	200	- 75
Asthma	45	124	29	441	- 317
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	113	54	48	+ 65
Birth Trauma	47	99	18	915	- 816
Malnutrition	48	76	34	372	- 296
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	66	46	123	- 57
Tuberculosis	50	65	38	242	- 177
Anemia	51	51	81	0	+ 51
Appendicitis	52	44	52	67	- 22
Schizophrenia	53	42	83	0	+ 42
Meningitis	54	37	45	134	- 97
Maternal Conditions	55	35	39	202	- 168
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	27	85	0	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	57	22	62	13	+ 9
Fires	58	21	44	139	- 118
Hepatitis B	59	14	63	11	+ 3
Poisonings	60	11	55	47	- 36
Osteoarthritis	61	10	84	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	62	6	68	1	+ 5
Encephalitis	63	5	56	44	- 39
Hepatitis C	64	2	60	17	- 15
Syphilis	65	2	51	70	- 68
Oral conditions	66	2	86	0	+ 2
Leprosy	67	2	72	0	+ 2
War	68	1	67	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	47	121	- 120
Dengue	70	0	64	5	- 5
Ascariasis	71	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	69	1	- 1
Tetanus	74	0	61	17	- 17
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	2	- 2
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Costa Rica

Dominican Rep.

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.